About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa’s farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.
Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, is our second largest. We operate under the farmer brand Tupande, serving over one million farmers and employing 2200 staff. We aim to transform every farming community in Kenya by delivering sustained food security and pathways to prosperity.tupande.co.ke.
About the Role
This role will be responsible for monitoring and evaluation initiatives within Tupande, both new and established, and will provide accountability and ensure efficiency of MEL projects. The MEL PS will establish, modify and monitor key performance indicators to report and record physical progress for specific projects. You will also create, run, and analyze data collection projects. This role is based in Kakamega, Kenya.
Responsibilities
- Oversee data collection though qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in data collection processes and suggest and implement improvements
- Report on data quality the weekly and monthly.
- Directly manage the MEL Field and Data Teams.
- Articulate the activities to the team to ensure delivery of results based on short/medium term department goals.
- Is responsible for team growth through creation of development plans/promotion plans for their direct reports, with support from manager
- May support in identifying staffing needs for department including professional development.
- Design research tools such as surveys and write analysis plans with manager support.
- Support with data cleaning and analysis in Stata or R including using statistics to present meaningful findings to stakeholders.
- Contribute to content development of all aspects of MEL Field Team operations including training development, survey design and results presentations.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- Two years minimum practical experience working on data collection in a rural setting.
- Have a graduate degree in statistics, economics, or any other relevant field of study with strong grounding in quantitative and qualitative research (masters in any of these fields is an added advantage).
- Understanding of best practices in experimental design concepts, such as control group selection and randomisation.
- Demonstrated leadership experience at work, or outside of work and enthusiasm for learning.
- Conduct analysis using statistics, logic, and validation formulae.
- Practical experience creating surveys tools for field data collection and managing a field based research team.
- Experience in teaching/mentoring others to support their professional development.
- Knowledge of electronic data collection platforms (e.g. ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare).
- Preferably experience with statistical software packages such as Stata, or R.
- Fluency in Microsoft excel (can perform complex functions).
- Languages: English (required), Swahili preferred.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
Application Deadline
04 August 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis, which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here ([email protected]), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
More Information
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